Here’s a round-up of the new launches from spirits brand owners in the week commencing 6 February.
Tanglin Gin’s Triple Tangerine Mandarin Orange Liqueur
- Liqueur, neutral grain spirit-based with botanicals including mandarin oranges and kaffir lime leaves, 38% ABV
- Debuts this month in Singapore, initially at Tanglin’s on-premise outlet in the Tanglin district ahead of a wider on- and off-premise release domestically
- SRP of SGD80 [US$60] per 70cl bottle
Diageo’s Buchanan’s Pineapple flavoured blended Scotch
- Scotch whisky, blended, flavoured, 35% ABV
- Launching to the off-premise channel in the US this month
- SRP of US$29.99 per 75cl bottle
Cuervo’s Proper No. Twelve Irish Apple flavoured Irish whiskey
- Irish whiskey, apple-flavoured, 35% ABV
- Released across the US off-premise and online this month
- SRP of US$24.99 per 75cl bottle. Also available in 5cl and 1-litre bottles
Beam Suntory’s Bowmore Aston Martin Masters’ Selection 22 Year Old single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Islay, 51.5% ABV. Aged in American oak hogsheads and Sherry butts
- Released last month in “key global markets” including Canada, China, Germany, the UK and the US
- In the US, SRP of US£450 per 75cl bottle
The GlenAllachie Distillers Co’s The GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvée Wine Cask Finish single malt
- Scotch whisky, single malt, Speyside, nine years old, 48% ABV
- Released in the UK last week prior to expanding to specialist off-premise operators globally
- SRP of GBP53.99 [US$65] per 70cl bottle
Diageo’s Baileys Vanilla Mint Shake
- Liqueur, Irish whiskey-based, 17% ABV
- Rolled out nationwide across the US last week
- SRP of US$24.99 per 75cl bottle. On sale for a limited – albeit unspecified – period
Christian Drouin’s Caroni Angels 17-Year-Old Calvados
- Calvados Pays d’Auge, 17 years old, finished for eight months in ex-Caroni rum barrels, 48.8% ABV
- Available worldwide from this month, including to the UK on- and off-premise channels
- In the UK, SRP of GBP105 [US$126] per 70cl bottle. A total of 1,506 units on sale globally
Sagamore Spirit Reserve Series 8-Year-Old American Whiskey
- American rye whiskey, Maryland, 55.7% ABV. Matured in first-fill American white oak barrels
- Available in the US next month
- SRP of $79 per 75cl bottle, on sale in limited numbers
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